Hello,

Can anyone help me understand how to turn a process into a function or make make into a variable. I'm not sure I'm using the the right words. I have the following xml sketch which uses twitter's search feature to pull tweets. Currently, you can only use one search term. I would like to replicate code some how in order to search different terms simultaneously and draw them in different colors. I've mess around with a code for a while but haven't had much success. Would greatly appreciate any tips.

Thanks,
Bo
 
Code:

1. // Display a twitter feed in scrolly text, along with a bar that shows how many tweets we've seen
   
   
   PFont font_zigg;
   int newmills;
   int oldmills;
   int j = 0;
   int textpos = 25;
   
   String str_tweets[];
   XML xml;
   
   void setup(){
   
     xml = loadXML("http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=life"); // life
2.  // xml = loadXML("http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=life"); // death
   
   
   
   
     XML tweets[] = xml.getChildren("entry/title");
     XML users[] = xml.getChildren("entry/author/name");
   
   
     size(1000, 100);
     background(0);
     smooth();
    
     font_zigg = loadFont("Ziggurat-HTF-Black-32.vlw");
     textFont(font_zigg, 18);
     
     
     
     /// Now lets convert this to a String array, so we can work with the results as strings.
   
    
     str_tweets = new String[tweets.length];
     for(int i = 0; i < tweets.length; i++){
       str_tweets[i] = users[i].getContent() + ": " + tweets[i].getContent();
     }
   
    
      // Initialize the time we started running. 
     oldmills = millis(); // don't initialize where you declare it. millis() gives a strange answer there.
   
     println("tweet " + j + " should be " + str_tweets[j]);  // just for debugging.
   
   }
   
   void draw(){
    
     // Draw tweet contents
   
      if (j < str_tweets.length) {
      
        // newmills represents the current time, which we can check against the last time check.
        newmills = millis();
       
        // this creates a delay in betweeen displaying each tweet (in milliseconds).
        if (newmills > oldmills + 4000) { 
         
           textpos = 25;             
           oldmills = newmills;
           j++;
          
           if (j < str_tweets.length) {
             // stop it from crashing on the last increment
        
             println("tweet " + j + " should be " + str_tweets[j]);  // just for debugging.
           } 
          
          
           
        }   // end if newmills..
     
        else {
          
            // scroll the text to the left
            background(0);
            fill(255, 255, 0);
            rect(25, 20, (j+1) * 10, 20);
            textpos = textpos - 1;
            text(str_tweets[j], textpos, 70);
           
        }   
       
      
      } // end if i < str_tweets.length
    
    
    
   }  // end draw